Increase of more than four per cent

The French Saint-Gobain group of companies increased sales in its building materials division by 4.5 per cent to € 9.449 bn in 2011. Growth amounted to 5.5 per cent in like-for-like terms. The group is involved in the building materials sector in France (with Point P. etc), Germany (Raab Karcher), the United Kingdom (Jewson) and the Nordic countries (Montér).